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No. 315,992. .Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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H. `ROOT. @ABLE RAILWAY.

Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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HENRY ROOT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CABLE RAlLWAY.

forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,992,

filed March 12, 1384.

SPECIFICATION dated April 14, 1885.

Application (No model.)

permanent vertical pulley, from the table.

'Ihe table is rotated by -ion or roughened friction-wheel, t, w gages a similar gear or frictional surface, 3, upon the edge of the table, or suitably connected with it. The pinion is fixed to a vertical shaft, 7c, and this has a beveled whee upon its lower end, which engages a beveled wheel, m, upon the A conical cup, o, is cast upon the back of the bevel-wheel m, the two being loose upon the shaft-,which turns freely within the wheel..

To @ZZ whom if; muy h, ashort distance Be it known that I, HENRY ROOT, of the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented an Improvement in Cable Railways; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

' My invention relates concern means ci' asinall pinto certain improveand it consists in an the terminal mechanism oi' the line, with a means for turning and transferring the cars from the incoming going line of track, the whole forming a part horizontal shait n.

of the permanent way, and means bywhich When the bevel-wheel fm is to be set in moit is operated, as will be more fully explained 'on it is done by means of a cone, p, which by reference to the accompanying drawings, slides upon a feather on the shaft, and is opin whicherated by alever, r, which forces it into or Figure lis a plan of terminal mechanism. withdraws it from the cup, and thus commu- Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same. Iiig. 3 is nicates motion to the table. a perspective view of the terminal mechanism. rlhe shaft 'n has a pulley, s, fixed at its outer Fig. 4 is a section showing the driving-gear, end, and this pulley is so placed that the caclutch mechanism, and operating-lever. ble running in contact with it provides t c the table.

described and desire Le secure ower to turn Having thus I claim as new,

l. rIhe means for turning cars and transferring them from one track to the other, consisting ol a horizontal table with parallel tracks and slots for the passage of the grip shanks, and gears or frictional wheels, and a clutch or may be thrown out of or into contact, substantially as herein described.

At the terminus of the road the cable passes around a large horizontal pulley, f, the diameter of which is such that the cable, which passes down the center of one track,will, after passing around the pulley, return up the center of the other track. The cable-tubes terminate before the pulley f is reached, and a large horizontal circular table, g, is supported so that it may travel upon wheels or rollers spindle. Upon this parallel lines of rails, which,

my invention, what by Letters when the table is in a certain position, coin 2. A means for turning cars and transferring cide with the two lines of the main tracks, or them from one track to another, consisting o by turning the table they may be made to coa horizontal table with parallel tracks and slots for the passage oi distant from the center of rotation, a peripheral gear or frictional surface, an a wheel running in contact therewith, and shafts and gearing by which motion may be transmitted thereto, a clutch mechanism to engage or disengage the driving-shaft, and a pulley upon said shaft, upon which the main cable acts to drive it, substantially as herein In witness whereof l have hereunto set my incide with tracks which approach it in lines other than parallel. The car may thus run in u on one track from the incoming line,and after the table has go out upon the other line, turned in the movement.

between the lines of rails shank to pass in. he cable is dropped from the grip at ashort distance from the table,and the car may be allowed to run the remainder to allow the gripof the distance upon the table by its acquired hand.

momentum, the cable passing through to the HENRY ROOT. 'pulley f beneath the table. The return-cable Yiitnesses: is raised to a height where the grip may again JAMES T. Wii'rrrrns,

engage it after the car has left the table by a HUBERT W. Ronenns, Jr.

the grip-Shanks eguihich en- 5 5 .Y 

